Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A corporation may sue for a libel affecting property , not for one merely affecting personal reputation . |
| 32 | I therefore am of opinion that a trading corporation may sue for a libel calculated to injure them in respect of their business , and may do so without any proof of damage general or special . |
| 33 | Slipping between the pages of a magazine may work for a sachet of shampoo or for a soup mix , but the product can very easily slip out again and the end purchaser may not receive the sample . |
| 34 | Parkin may stand for a seat on the new party executive . |
| 35 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 36 | This court held that such a corporation could sue for a libel calculated to injure its reputation in the way of its business without proof of special damage . |
| 37 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 38 | The US 's Federal Communications Commission will argue for a total of eight orbital slots for American companies . |
| 39 | ‘ Perhaps your sister would care for a tranquillizer ? ’ |
| 40 | The less settled subject may alternate for a while between Stage I sleep and wakefulness , but usually once sleep takes over there is a fairly rapid transition from this stage to deeper sleep stages . |
| 41 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 42 | Councillors and officials will demand that such ships should have a mandatory duty to contact the Orkney Harbour 's Department and that the Government should pay for a tug to escort them through the Pentland Firth . |
| 43 | A 10 per cent cut in defence spending could pay for a doubling of development assistance ( which stood at $51,000 million in 1988 ) , while increasing aid to the target level of 0.7 per cent of gross nation product ( GNP ) would raise assistance flows to $144,000 million by 2000 . |
| 44 | It was the sort of car that a successful young man bought for himself , not a woman 's car in the generally used sense of the phrase , nor a car that a man would choose for a woman . |
| 45 | Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices . |
| 46 | Every now and again the music would cut for a couple of seconds and there would be some faint , whispered phrase that would haunt its way down the wire , but she could n't make out what was said . |
| 47 | The firm will arrange for a customer to have their particular message printed on specially prepared cards . |
| 48 | The Terrence Higgins Trust Advice Centre will arrange for a lawyer to draw up reasonably straightforward wills for people in the London area who are infected with HIV or AIDS . |
| 49 | This joint operation will last for a year . |
| 50 | ( The alert reader may wonder what a polarisation state can mean for a particle . |
| 51 | An investor can wait for a transaction to match their order by placing it within the limit order system . |
| 52 | But her endorsement should count for a lot . |
| 53 | Before the SIB will recognize an SRO as capable of bestowing authorization upon a firm , the organization must apply for a recognition order . |
| 54 | But no amount of tuition could account for a moment of sublime individual flair . |
| 55 | While Real are unbeaten , the relative honeymoon will continue for a man whom the late Bill Shankly , with characteristic caution , once said was destined to become ‘ the top manager in the game ’ . |
| 56 | I certainly hope that every executive agency will apply for a charter mark , which will be seen as a clear reward to those in public service who provide customer satisfaction , which all too often in the past has been sadly missing . |
| 57 | It 's possible the doctor will opt for a Caesarian section , ’ the nurse explained briefly , checking notes on a clipboard . |
| 58 | The skilful salesperson will ask for a concession in return — perhaps a less onerous delivery schedule . |
| 59 | The project will apply for a subsidy under the UK government 's non-fossil fuel obligation scheme , which requires electricity companies to buy some energy from renewable resources . |
| 60 | — two letters can stand for one sound ( the letter-pair " sh " stands for a single sound ) , and one letter can stand for a sequence of two sounds ( in our dialect , " o " in the word " no " stands for two sounds in sequence , a vowel first , followed by a " w " sound made with the lips ) ; |